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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). —William Livingood.

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IACT team using ALD to build nanobowls for tailored catalysts for biofuel production

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The team, led by Jeffrey Elam, principal chemist in ANL’s Energy Systems Division, will present its research during the AVS 59 th International Symposium and Exhibition , held 28 Oct. Additionally, these extreme conditions can dissolve the support.

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Report: JR Tokai and 11 partners to team on bid for high-speed rail system in Florida

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JR Tokai aims to win an order for a 130 km [81 miles] line connecting the cities of Tampa and Orlando. It hopes to build a system based on the Tokai shinkansen bullet train it operates in Japan. and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.;, Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.; Nippon Signal Co.;

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DOE, RTI to Design and Build Coal Syngas Cleanup System for IGCC Power Plants to Reduce Cost of Removing Contaminants, Capturing CO2; Potential for Synthetic Chemicals and Fuels

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DOE and RTI will design, build, and test a warm gas cleanup system—based on RTI’s high-temperature syngas cleanup technology—to remove multiple contaminants from coal-derived syngas. In 2008, RTI International and Eastman Chemical Company agreed to develop and commercialize jointly developed syngas cleanup technology. Click to enlarge.

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